[PATCH 23/40] locate/locate.1: Access ^ character portably.

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Nov 2025 10:49:01 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.findutils.bugs
Message-ID	<20251113164901.d7hqayr5shvrry2v@illithid>

The `\(ha` special character escape sequence is not universally
portable.  Indirect it through a string definition.  (GNU Bash also uses
this technique.[1])

[1] https://github.com/bminor/bash/blob/a8a1c2fac029404d3f42cd39f5a20f24b6e4fe4b/doc/bash.1#L26
---
 locate/locate.1 | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/locate/locate.1 b/locate/locate.1
index f4a5e676..b9c7231b 100644
--- a/locate/locate.1
+++ b/locate/locate.1
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 .TH LOCATE 1 2020-12-27 findutils \" -*- nroff -*-
 .ie \n(.g \{\
+.  ds ^  \(ha
 .  ds en \(en
 .\}
 .el \{\
+.  ds ^  ^
 .  ds en \-
 .\}
 .SH NAME
-- 
2.30.2

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